LEADER 04806nam 2200709 450 001 9910813698503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-76830-3 010 $a0-292-76829-X 024 7 $a10.7560/760813 035 $a(CKB)3710000000238859 035 $a(EBL)3571794 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001349240 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11805445 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349240 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11397484 035 $a(PQKB)11475267 035 $a(OCoLC)891081437 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37785 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571794 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10936875 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7171734 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571794 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7171734 035 $a(DE-B1597)586985 035 $a(OCoLC)1286807365 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292768291 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000238859 100 $a20141001h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiscovering the Olmecs $ean unconventional history /$fby David C. Grove 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, Texas :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 1 $aWilliam & Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-76081-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Preface""; ""1. The Olmecs Come to Light""; ""2. The Tulane Expedition and the Olmec World (1925-1926)""; ""3. The First Excavations: Tres Zapotes (1938-1940)""; ""4. Stone Heads in the Jungle (1940)""; ""5. Fortuitous Decisions at La Venta (1942-1943)""; ""6. Monuments on the Ri?o Chiquito (1945-1946)""; ""7. The Return to La Venta (1955)""; ""8. Of Monuments and Museums (1963, 1968)""; ""9. Adding Antiquity to the Olmecs (1966-1968)""; ""10. Research Headaches at La Venta (1967-1969)""; ""11. Reclaiming La Venta (1984 to the Present)"" 327 $a""12. San Lorenzo Yields New Secrets (1990-2012, Part 1)""""13. El Manati?: "Like Digging in Warm Jell-O" (1987-1993)""; ""14. "They're Blowing Up the Site!" Tres Zapotes after Stirling (1950-2003)""; ""15. An Olmec Stone Quarry and a Sugarcane Crisis (1991)""; ""16. Discoveries Large and Small at San Lorenzo (1990-2012, Part 2)""; ""17. The Night the Lights Went Out (2001)""; ""18. Some Thoughts on the Archaeology of the Olmecs""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""Index"" 330 $aThe Olmecs are renowned for their massive carved stone heads and other sculptures, the first stone monuments produced in Mesoamerica. Seven decades of archaeological research have given us many insights into the lifeways of the Olmecs, who inhabited parts of the modern Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from around 1150 to 400 BC, and there are several good books that summarize the current interpretations of Olmec prehistory. But these formal studies don?t describe the field experiences of the archaeologists who made the discoveries. What was it like to endure the Olmec region?s heat, humidity, mosquitoes, and ticks to bring that ancient society to light? How did unforeseen events and luck alter carefully planned research programs and the conclusions drawn from them? And, importantly, how did local communities and individuals react to the research projects and discoveries in their territories? In this engaging book, a leading expert on the Olmecs tells those stories from his own experiences and those of his predecessors, colleagues, and students. Beginning with the first modern explorations in the 1920s, David Grove recounts how generations of archaeologists and local residents have uncovered the Olmec past and pieced together a portrait of this ancient civilization that left no written records. The stories are full of fortuitous discoveries and frustrating disappointments, helpful collaborations and deceitful shenanigans. What emerges is an unconventional history of Olmec archaeology, a lively introduction to archaeological fieldwork, and an exceptional overview of all that we currently know about the Olmecs. 410 0$aWilliam & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere. 606 $aOlmecs$xHistory 606 $aOlmecs$xAntiquities 607 $aMexico$xAntiquities 607 $aMexico$xCivilization$xIndian influences 615 0$aOlmecs$xHistory. 615 0$aOlmecs$xAntiquities. 676 $a972/.01 700 $aGrove$b David C.$04892 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813698503321 996 $aDiscovering the Olmecs$94038260 997 $aUNINA